Public Expenditure

Jim Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on (a) his private office and (b) staff costs of each Minister in his Department under each category of expenditure in the last 12 months.

Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost to the public purse was of (a) the private office and (b) staff of each Minister in his Department in the last 12 months.

Andrew Robathan: holding answer 2 July 2012
	I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 18 January 2012, Official Report, column 825W, to the hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones).
	The estimated cost of staff employed in six ministerial private offices in financial year 2011-12 is £1.66 million, this is a mixture of civilian and military staff. This figure does not include costs for some support staffs which are provided from other teams.
	The Ministry of Defence employs two speechwriters who work for Ministers. The estimated cost of the staff is £120,000 per annum.

Wildlife: Circuses

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department has spent on impact assessments, circus inspections and other research and investigations in support of her proposed licensing regime for wild animals in circuses.

Richard Benyon: DEFRA's budget from July 2012 to October 2012 for the team tasked with taking forward the implementation of licensing regulations, as well as developing the case for a ban on the use of performing wild animals in travelling circuses, is £261,000.

Nuclear Power Stations

Tom Greatrex: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on how many occasions in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 to date an inspection was (i) planned and (ii) carried out at each of the UK's nuclear power stations.

Chris Grayling: The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) carries out site inspections in line with its planned inspection programme. The number of planned and conducted inspections are available only for the financial years 2010-11, 2011-12 and for the first quarter of 2012-13, and are shown in the following table:
	
		
			 Site Financial year Inspections 
			   Planned Conducted (1) 
			 Berkeley(2) 2010-11 25 33 
			  2011-12 18 22 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 6 6 
			     
			 Bradwell(2) 2010-11 22 33 
			  2011-12 20 35 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 6 0 
			     
			 Chapelcross(3) 2010-11 32 49 
			  2011-12 23 27 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 6 0 
			     
			 Dungeness A(3) 2010-11 35 19 
			  2011-12 16 9 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 1 1 
			     
			 Dungeness B(4) 2010-11 71 72 
			  2011-12 79 80 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 15 11 
			     
			 Hartlepool(4) 2010-11 66 65 
			  2011-12 67 80 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 17 18 
			     
			 Heysham 1(4) 2010-11 65 66 
			  2011-12 97 78 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 16 12 
			     
			 Heysham 2(4) 2110-11 101 141 
			  2011-12 91 128 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 14 20 
			     
			 Hinkley A(2) 2010-11 31 36 
			  2011-12 21 30 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 3 4 
			     
			 Hinkley B(4) 2010-11 68 86 
			  2011-12 73 92 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 18 26 
			     
			 Hunterston A(2) 2010-11 22 24 
		
	
	
		
			  2011-12 21 23 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 4 3 
			     
			 Hunterston B(4) 2010-11 66 71 
			  2011-12 70 77 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 15 22 
			     
			 Oldbury(3) 2010-11 73 129 
			  2011-12 64 71 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 0 0 
			     
			 Sizewell A(3) 2010-11 30 17 
			  2011-12 17 11 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 1 0 
			     
			 Sizewell B(4) 2010-11 76 88 
			  2011-12 72 121 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 22 29 
			     
			 Torness(4) 2010-11 57 82 
			  2011-12 66 98 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 18 17 
			     
			 Trawsfyndd(2) 2010-11 21 27 
			  2011-12 20 11 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 4 0 
			     
			 Wylfa(4) 2010-11 73 100 
			  2011-12 54 89 
			  2012-13—quarter 1 11 14 
			 (1 )Includes reactive inspections.() (2) Decommissioning site. (3) Defueling site. (4) Operating site.